Published on : Wednesday, August 19, 2015
The Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap has been ranked by a top travel hotspot over its closest competitor, the Peruvian ruins of Machu Picchu.
The destination was ranked by a team of travel experts for its brilliance that stretches up to a few thousand years. Among the 500 sites selected Cambodia’s national landmark made it to the top.
The other Asian destination that made I to the top list is the Great wall of China and the Taj Mahal of India and the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
The Angkor temple is truly out of the ordinary. The temples unparallel carvings and sculpture on sand stone blocks and floors and ceilings are a mix from the legends of Mahabharata, Ramayana and the Puranas.
The temple latest figures show a tourist visitation of 1.23 million foreign visitors in the first six months of this year.
There was a slight drop in visitation compared to the same period last year. According to Cambodia’s Apsara Authority, the MERS virus outbreak in South Korea and the disappearance of AirAsia Flight MH370 had affected tourism prospects in the country.
There was a slight drop in revenue and visitors in the first half, July saw a 5 per cent bump in tourists compared to the same month last year. 160, 00 visitors visited the Angkor Archaeological Park.
Twenty years ago, UNESCO suggested that the annual number of visitors should not exceed 700,000.The huge volume of visitors needs to be managed in such a way that the temple does not get affected.
Tags: Angkor Wat temple, australia, Cambodia, Great wall of China and the Taj Mahal of India and the Great Barrier Reef, machu picchu, unesco
|
||
   
|
||
